New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . .#??stuyvebants bowery 112 NEW JERSEY AS A COL tection of New Amsterdam, which, was almostdestroyed by an attack of the Indians from thesurrounding country in 1655, while the militaryforce of New Netherland was rooting out Swedenon the Delaware. This disaster was avenged in1663, when, for the murder of several Esopus set-tlers, the Indian tribe of that name was obliter-ated. In a treaty with Connecticut in 1650 the directorhad been compelled to relinquish Hollands claimsto the soil of that colony. The principal town
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . .#??stuyvebants bowery 112 NEW JERSEY AS A COL tection of New Amsterdam, which, was almostdestroyed by an attack of the Indians from thesurrounding country in 1655, while the militaryforce of New Netherland was rooting out Swedenon the Delaware. This disaster was avenged in1663, when, for the murder of several Esopus set-tlers, the Indian tribe of that name was obliter-ated. In a treaty with Connecticut in 1650 the directorhad been compelled to relinquish Hollands claimsto the soil of that colony. The principal towns ofLong Island were in the hands of the had assumed some of the quarrels ofKieft—enough to create a popular party cryingfor liberty, which obtained his consent, reluctant-ly given, for the meeting of a General Assemblyto consider the state of the province. Upon the Delaware affairs were in little bettershape. From 1655 to 1657 both the Swedish andDutch settlers were treated to a display of ad-ministrative incompetence, while in May of thelatter year the West India Company ce
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